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Start at 40 grains at 50 yards. Shoot 10 balls. Go up to 45 grains. Shoot 10 balls. Keep doing that until you see what you think is a fine load for paper.
Once you are sure of your hold move up to 100 yards with the load you liked best at 50. Continue the shooting 10 shot relays and then increasing 5 grains. I use a 6 O'clock hold. The gun was a .50 CVA Hawken I made in 1975. It is a fine shooter. I generally shoot flint today, but use the same rules, though the loads vary by gun. My 100-yard load is 75 grains. My 200-yard load is 90 grains. My everyday fun load is 45 grains. No need to have an unpleasant experience. 90+ grains is a pain for me. My longest shot was pure luck at 400 yards at a 55-gallon lid hung in a tree over a pond. I shot it Creedmoor, on my back with 120 grains. Kentucky windage. All were a .495 roundball I cast. Pure lead. Pure luck. I quit shooting that day and recognize I hit it. I heard it and so did everyone shooting with me. Pure luck.
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